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“Master?” Hearing this term, Li Fan felt a bit bewildered.
In the current cultivation world, cultivating oneself is not an easy task. Who would still bother with passing on teachings and solving doubts?
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, over these years, he had never seen a genuine master-disciple relationship.
Curious, Li Fan looked towards the direction of the voice.
He saw an old man and a child standing at the edge of the gigantic Dust Crossing Boat, both dressed similarly and emitting similar auras as cultivators.
Both of them wore green robes. The old man had white hair but a youthful face, his complexion rosy. The child, on the other hand, looked weathered, with a deanor as if he had seen through the world.
What astonished Li Fan was that the tender voice he just heard actually ca from the mouth of the white-haired old man.
He looked puzzled, gazing down at the child beside him who asked.
The child appeared to be only about five or six years old, but the words coming from his mouth were far beyond a child’s speech.
“Everything starts from nothing and returns to nothing.”
“The Five Elents return to One, rely reverting to their original state.”
The child in green robes replied with a smile.
After pondering for a mont, the old man suddenly realized the answer and said excitedly, “I understand now, Master. You an, before long, this place will return to a state of chaos and emptiness, just like what we saw before. Am I right?”
The child chuckled, looking at the old man with kindness. “You’re correct. If left to evolve freely without external intervention, that’s indeed what will happen.”
“But if one day, outsiders intrude and take away so of the materials inside this paradise, then it’s hard to say.” The child looked at the Five Elents Subworld below with a hint of lant.
Upon hearing this, Li Fan was slightly taken aback, squinting his eyes to carefully examine the master-disciple pair before him.
It was as if the old man and the child completely ignored Li Fan’s presence.
The old man furrowed his brows, seemingly pondering his master’s words.
After a mont, he suddenly enlightened, “This paradise, where the Five Elents circulate and blend seamlessly, flawless and perfect. It can either divide into five or rge back into one. But if outsiders take a portion from each elent, it will cause imbalance. And then…”
“And then…”
At this point, the old man seed to be stuck, unable to continue.
The child in green robes smiled faintly and continued, “Actually, if it’s just small-scale and long-term extraction, the Five Elents Subworld relies on its own attribute circulation and self-regulation, which wouldn’t lead to imbalance in the Five Elents.”
“But if there’s a short-term, large-scale plundering of resources from certain elental paradises…”
“The adjustnt chanism of the paradises couldn’t keep up with the output, causing a complete imbalance in the Five Elents within this paradise.”
“Master, what will happen after a complete imbalance?” The old man in green robes asked curiously.
The child in green robes now restrained his smile, saying, “Do you still rember the Five Elents Sect that I ntioned to you before?”
The old man nodded, “Disciple rembers. The Five Elents Sect is a subsidiary sect of the Great Dao Sect. A few years ago, when their sect leader ca to our Dust Crossing Sect to pay respects, I saw them!”
At this mont, Li Fan, who was listening to the conversation between master and disciple, was greatly shocked.
He finally confird that the two in front of him were not real beings on this Dust Crossing Boat at all.
They were like mirages, akin to illusions in the desert!
The conversation between master and disciple seed to be happening in the ancient cultivation world before the Great Calamity, when the sects still existed.
Li Fan scanned around and noticed that while there was bustling activity on the Dust Crossing Boat, for so reason, besides himself, no one else could see this illusionary scene.
Without making a sound, Li Fan continued to observe the conversation between the ancient Dust Crossing Sect master and disciple.
The child in green robes continued, “The Five Elents Sect was actually quite powerful back then. Apart from our Ten Immortal Sects, they were one of the top cultivation sects in the Xuanhuang Realm. Within the sect, there’s a secret realm called the ‘Five Elents Heaven.’ It’s almost like a world of its own, incredibly abundant in resources.”
“Compared to the large Five Elents Subworld here, it’s far superior.”
“Relying on this secret realm, if the Five Elents Sect had slowly developed and passed thousands of years, they might have beco one of the top sects in the world.”
“Unfortunately, the forr sect leader of the Five Elents Sect, Lan Xiangfeng, had narrow-minded vision…”
At this point, the child in green robes snorted coldly, a hint of frustration flashing in his eyes.
The old man in green robes widened his eyes, not daring to speak, waiting quietly for the continuation.
After a mont, the child in green robes spoke again, “At that ti, it was said that the Heaven Sword Sect needed a vast amount of Taiyuan Essence Gold to forge the legendary ‘Boundary-breaking Divine Weapon.'”
“This Taiyuan Essence Gold is extrely rare, usually randomly found within tal ore veins, not sothing you can easily co by. The Heaven Sword Sect has already searched almost every possible source on the market, but they’re still far from what they need.”
“It’s said that within the Five Elents Heaven secret realm of the Five Elents Sect, there might be a large stockpile. So, the sect leader of the Heaven Sword Sect personally went to plead.”
“That notorious old man was so arrogant, yet he actually bowed to the Five Elents Sect. Lan Xiangfeng, the forr sect leader, was suddenly overjoyed, feeling like he couldn’t find his way.”
“Moreover, the Heaven Sword Sect offered a ridiculously high price, persuading all the elders of the Five Elents Sect.”
“So, the Five Elents Sect began to dig extensively for Taiyuan Essence Gold within the secret realm. Just this action alone wouldn’t have led to the tragedy that followed.”
“But unfortunately, they were tempted by soone’s persuasion, saying that since various tal ores were unearthed during the excavation, they shouldn’t go to waste and should be sold. Other sects also heard about the abundance of tal ores in the Five Elents Sect and ca to purchase them.”
“Blinded by greed, the Five Elents Sect’s excavation of tal veins beca increasingly frenzied.”
“Finding themselves short-handed, they even hired wandering cultivators.”
“Finally, one day, the massive loss of tal elents led to an imbalance in the Five Elents Heaven.”
“Irreversibly, it evolved into a state of annihilation, heading inevitably towards the unity of the Five Elents.”
“And then, when the missing tal elents couldn’t satisfy the unity of the Five Elents, the remaining wood, water, fire, and earth elents began to collide chaotically, endlessly…”
“The ultimate result was a massive explosion that completely destroyed the Five Elents Heaven.”
“The entire Five Elents Sect suffered losses that can’t be described as anything but devastating. Their core strength was almost wiped out, and they never recovered from that blow.”
As the conversation ended, the child in green robes sighed incessantly.
Listening in, Li Fan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Wasn’t the plight of the ancient Five Elents Heaven just like what’s happening in the present Five Elents Subworld?
In that case, after the unity of the Five Elents, wouldn’t there be a catastrophic explosion here too?
Cursing inwardly, Li Fan looked back at the ancient Dust Crossing Sect master and disciple, only to find their figures becoming more and more blurry.
The words uttered from their open mouths beca indistinct.
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